General English Literature at Florida Atlantic University

What traits are you looking for in a english school? To help you decide if Florida Atlantic University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's english program.

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General English Literature section at the bottom of this page.

FAU General English Literature Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in English
• Master’s Degree in English

FAU General English Literature Rankings

The english major at FAU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General English Literature. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

English Student Demographics at FAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the english majors at Florida Atlantic University.

FAU General English Literature Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of english bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english at FAU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its english bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a bachelor's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	37
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

FAU General English Literature Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of english master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

Of the students who received a english master's degree from FAU, 62% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the english master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a master's in english.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General English Literature

If you plan to be a english major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Florida Atlantic University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English	106

Related Majors

• Writing Studies

Careers That English Grads May Go Into

A degree in english can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
High School Teachers	47,960	$54,120
English Language and Literature Professors	2,590	$66,720

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.